Here we are on the last day of July, and it happens to be on a Monday. Do you know how many times I told myself "I'll start a diet Monday..." and then that Monday was the last day of the month so that turned into "well I'll just have one more day to get it out of my system and REALLY start the 1st of the month." (eye roll)
There is never going to be a perfect day that just makes starting easy. I promise you don't need "one more day" to get it out of your system! Today is the day!! Maybe it's day 1 or day 100 or day 1000...regardless the focus for all of us today is just to say Yes to meat and avoid things that make us not feel our best! Remember, you can do ANYTHING for just one day!! We are here to support you!!
I think in order to be successful this really has to become a lifestyle. In order to do that we often make a lot of changes and set some big goals. Remember that often times focusing on several different things all at once can be really overwhelming and even cause you to give up on everything if things don't go according to plan.
For August I want you to focus on only 1 non-negotiable thing. That means no matter what happens today, you will stick to that 1 thing!! For me it's "Stay Carnivore". Yes I have fasting goals, and exercise goals, and the plan is to not snack on cheese...those are all really great goals for me. However, no MATTER what happens...I will stay carnivore. If my fasting window gets blown, okay I stayed carnivore. If I skip the gym, okay I'll try again tomorrow but at least I stayed carnivore. I got stressed after a meeting and was snacking, okay but it was pork rinds and still carnivore so that's a win! Just let there just be ONE THING that keeps you grounded and motivated to move forward no matter what life throws at you today.
As you are planning what that 1 non-negotiable thing is, think about maybe your biggest temptation, or the one thing that keeps causing you to slip. What if you just didn't have that 1 thing...for one day! You would end today feeling amazing, and think about the momentum that could build! For those of you that have been here for a while share below some examples of your non-negotiable.
Cheese is good! I ate a block of chipotle oven baked cheese with lunch yesterday and it was divine. I love it, but know that it halts any progress I'm making, and will even trigger eating in excess to where I'll gain weight. It's sad but I have accepted it. If I eat it in small quantities with a meal, it's ok, but I really have to work to keep it in check.
What's your favorite cheese? How do you incorporate it? Do you see negative results when eating it?
Happy Sunday! Sharing a video today from our week, one of the highlights. This was Wednesday evening church, normally they have a more casual prayer meeting where someone plays the guitar, but they were doing some construction in the fellowship hall so they had their prayer meeting in the sanctuary. No one was there to play the piano so my my Grandma did it, she's been playing the piano in church for probably 80 years.
For context, she's 88, she had a really bad fall 5 years ago now and hit her head and ended up with a lot setbacks, similar to having a stroke. She has a lot of dementia like symptoms also (I am sure related to her Type 2 diabetes), she really can't read music anymore, and she has trouble seeing well, and she needs to wear hearing aids to hear but hates wearing them, so on this night she didn't want to wear them. My 93 (almost 94) year old grandpa takes care of both of them on their farm. Anyway, on this night she sat down on the piano and led worship as people called ...
Happy Saturday! I hope you are all doing well. I know some people in the group have had some recent tough news for themselves or family members. It really puts the day to day issues we face into perspective, and reminds me to just focus on doing the best I can to be as healthy as possible. To those who are having a hard time, we are all here for you and sending you some prayers and support. 🙏🏼🙏🏼 Just focus today on doing the best you can and remember that food isn't going to bring you the comfort you are looking for.
Here is a little video of Penelopes performance from her piano recital l last night, she's been taking lessons for about a year and a half. 🎹🤍🖤
*Livestream Monday night at 4pm pst/7pm est
Happy Friday!! I finally got back to walking yesterday. Our entire week in WV I didn't get many steps in, we took some walks in the woods but not a lot of miles. Since I came back I've been so busy and tired, at least that's my excuse, but really it's just hard to get back into the routine after not doing it for over a week. That's the hard part for me about exercise, the more I do it the easier it is to keep doing it. But as soon as I have a few days in a row where I don't make time to exercise, I just lose all motivation for it. However yesterday I got back to it!! 💪🏼💪🏼 I walked about 6+ miles during the day while working and hit 15k steps. Today is going to be very busy but I plan to get started early in the day.
How are you planning to get some movement in today?
Happy Thursday! I am all thrown off this week on what day it is. 😂 It's been good to be home but busy getting back into our routine. Chris and the kids started getting things organized yesterday to kick off their school year. They always start by setting some goals for the year and mapping out a plan on how to accomplish them.
Normally I like to focus on short term goals and daily non-negotiables, but I thought it might be fun to set a longer term goal for the rest of this year.
What is one thing you want to accomplish still in 2025?
Started my 7 days off yesterday. Today we are in Lafayette, California. I feel every time I am off, I have to travel somewhere else. 2 weeks ago was Texas. Today is California. Not long ago it was Missouri. This is not over yet. In 2 weeks is back to Texas and from there to Colorado and Back to New Mexico and Arizona to work.
I gave myself a headache typing that.
The thing is, it's really hard to keep it Carnivore when you're on the move. So I followed @Lauraespath's advice and packed some beef jerky and beef sticks to keep me loyal. For meals out I have been eating burgers with no bun. Just mustard and cheese. Delicious no matter where. Specially when you're hungry. Now, I need to say this. What is the meat in California made with? $30 a pound!!!??? And I thought NM was expensive.
I left pics of Lafayette's reservoir and the kids.
Oh well. I hope everyone is having a good week.
